Pros
Snacks in the office. That’s it.
Cons
If you’re considering working here and you’re reading these reviews, you’ll notice a common theme. Verkada treats their employees like trash and everybody regrets coming to work here. If you’re considering being an AE I’ll give you the real scoop. You’ll be paid lower than most in the industry. Your goals will be extremely unrealistic. Your day-to-day life will be being chained to a phone expected to make 300+ dials and set 16 new presentations a week. You will be forced to recite from phone scripts that were plagiarized from Cintas. Your results will be constantly monitored and posted on an hourly basis on a “hustle board” for all to see. This way, they can publicly shame those with low dials or talk time….yea, they track how long your calls are. Only about 15% of fully ramped reps are hitting quota and the average tenure is less than 12 months. This is by design. The company wants you to leave before a year so that none of your equity vests. It’s how the leadership here views their people, disposable. If you’re in channel, expect to be putting out fires all day. Partners hate the company and are constantly trying to shield their customers from overly aggressive AEs. Everybody’s quota runs quarterly and AEs are basically told they will be fired every quarter if they don’t hit. This results in them constantly cutting corners and stabbing partners in the back to try and hit their numbers. Your comp plan will be based on a Person Attribution Mechanism (PAM). There is a deck that contains 37 slides to explain how it works. If you are interviewing for channel, make sure to ask about this. It is nearly impossible to get paid for deals as the entire org is incentivized against you. At the end of the day, this is not a place to build your career. It’s not a place that you will make good money. It’s not even a place to build your resume. Verkada has a terrible reputation in the industry and amongst sales professionals. They are constantly fending off lawsuits due to their poor culture and unethical business practices. If you’re considering working here, do yourself a favor and really do your research. Reach out to former employees on LinkedIn. Call resellers that offer Verkada or decision makers in the physical security industry. Don’t take the recruiter’s word for it. They know how to polish a turd.